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B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder::Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal.

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[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Would it be okay if I traced every bit of public data about you, including your name, address, cellphone, familial information, work history, and online social media history etc, put it into a nice little package and put it online? I mean, I'd only be doxxing you with publicly available information that was easily linked from your profile. Would it be okay if I go the next step and gather your DNA from a publicly available location? All I need is a quick strand of hair.

I mean it's public. Anyone can find this information with a little effort....or do you feel have some sort of right to privacy? I understand not wanting any of this information broadcast to the public....but it is public information.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

do you really think there arent entities accumulating this information on you, right now??

and hair? you dont need hair to get a dna sample. you breathe it out constantly.

you should have no expectation of privacy to the sequence of your dna.

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